🦾 This too shall pass

Nov 02, 2022

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Dear Melius Humano (Better Human),

I have this irrational fear that comes on anytime I'm not feeling well.

What if this is forever?

If I'm tired/sick and need to take a break and rest, I imagine the possibility of never working again and all my hopes, dreams, and aspirations gone.

Then when it passes—as it always does—I think how absurd those thoughts were.

The question is: how do I avoid these thoughts?

That may be the wrong question. Maybe the right question is: how should I best respond to those thoughts?

It could be a combination of each.

One thing is for sure, negatively responding to irrational thoughts with other negative, shame-based, guilt-ridden thoughts is not the answer. That only compounds the negative energy, and the more you feed energy, the more of it you get.

One strategy I'm using is the mantra: "This too shall pass."

There are a few stories around this idea. Here's one:

Persian Folklore (source)

A very similar tale is told by Persian Sufi poets Rumi and Fariddudun Attar. It also ends with a ring cast in gold (and rubies) with an inscription on the ring that says, 'This too shall pass.'

The fable reads like this-- a young, poor scholar is wandering the Maranjab desert and has no place to sleep and eat. A well-off farmer offers this young man shelter and food, but on the day of his departure when the young man asks about the farmer's kindness and hospitality, his response is, "This too shall pass."

Years pass and the scholar visits the farmer, only to find him poor and disheveled, working as a low-grade servant. Floods had come and destroyed his prosperous lands, but not to fret, he tells the scholar for "this too shall pass."

The scholar ages and becomes famous and well-renowned in the area and moves back to the Maranjab desert. The king of the time had recently lost his wife and son during childbirth and was thoroughly depressed, crying himself to sleep every night. He sought out a ring that would cheer his spirits, appease his suffering.

People from all over tried to help, but nothing of importance resonated with with king. Then, the scholar, now not so young, was sought out to advise the king and perhaps suggest a phrase. Shortly thereafter, a ring appeared from the scholar with a phrase inscribed inside of the gold and ruby ring:

This too shall pass.

I'm in Florida. And travel was hard on me yesterday—it was one of those flights. That and lack of sleep and an intense fascia massage session the day before putting my body in a state.

I dealt with that state until the end of the day.

Then hoping an extra dose of sleep would bounce me back, I woke up at 6 am and couldn't go back to sleep. (That's rare.)

Stretching, some food, and coffee later, it felt like it would be another one of those days.

Now, as I'm writing this, I'm feeling a lot better. Those irrational fears have evaporated like morning dew on a window.

This too shall pass.

-Colin

Gut Health

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Morning gut health routine to solve some gut issues.

This plus back to mostly carnivore with fruit and certain plants.

The American food system is absolutely fked. It’s stupid how bad it is.

Seed oils, glyphosate, grains, phytic acid, corn, wheat, and soy, to name just a few, make it so eating restaurant food or anything from the grocery store in a package is killing you (and your teeth btw).

Your immune system is in your gut. Your brain and gut are connected. Everything is connected. You can’t escape it.

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